In professional backup environments, it is not unusual that certain programs, system services or batch scripts must be run or stopped before or after a backup. That's why we built an action list with predefined action into Z-DBackup.
Actions can be run before and after each backup as well as before and after full backups.
In the following table, you can find an overview of the different types of actions that Z-DBackup supports.
| Action |
Description |
| Copy backup archive |
The backup archive(s) created by Z-DBackup can be copied to another directory or medium.
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| Batch file |
Start a batch file and await its termination before the backup is started.
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| Quit task |
Often, running programs have exclusive access to their files and can disturb the backup. If you want to include these files in a backup, you should quit the programs that use them before the backup. (If you do not want to quit a program, but still want to include open files in a backup, you can install our module Z-VSScopy or Z-OpenLock for Z-DBackup.)
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| Eject CD/DVD / Blu-Ray |
Eject the medium from a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive.
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| Stop service |
Stop a selected system service.
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| Start service |
Start a selected system service.
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| Show message |
Show a dialog box with a user-defined message.
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| Exit MSSQL Desktop |
Exit Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE).
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| Start MSSQL Desktop |
Start Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE).
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| Exit MSSQL 2005 Express |
Exit Microsoft SQL 2005 Express Edition.
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| Start MSSQL 2005 Express |
Start Microsoft SQL 2005 Express Edition.
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| Show backup note |
Shows the note that was saved for the backup set as a message on the screen.
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| Pause |
Pause x seconds.
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| Program priority |
You can specify the task priority of Z-DBackup yourself. The higher the priority, the more memory and processor capacity is used on the program. That means that the backup will be faster, but there are less resources for other tasks and other running programs will be slower.
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| Eject REV™ medium |
Eject Iomega® REV™ medium. This feature is only available if the Iomega© REV driver software is installed. For systems with Windows Vista™ or newer, please make sure that the latest version of the REV software is installed!
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| Play sound |
Play a Wave sound file.
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| Start |
This option allows to open/start any file. Immediately after loading, the next action is executed or, if all actions have been run, the backup is started.
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| Start + wait |
To open a file and wait for the associated program to finish, you can use this option. The backup or next action is run only when the file isn't open anymore.
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| Exit TurboMed DB |
Exit TurboMed Database. This function is only available if the TurboMed software is installed.
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| Start TurboMed DB |
Start TurboMed Database. This function is only available if the TurboMed software is installed.
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| Unmount USB device |
Automatically deactivate/unmount the USB device used for the backup. The device can then be switched off without data loss.
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| VBScript |
Start a Visual Basic Script (.vbs) and await its termination. The backup will start only when the script is not running anymore. To use this feature, the
Microsoft Windows® Scripting Host must be installed. You can check this by running the example script 'Test.vbs' that comes with Z-DBackup.
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| Run Z-Cron job |
Run a specified Z-Cron job. To use this feature, Z-Cron must be installed and there must be at least one Z-Cron job. Optionally, you can control remote computers in the local network with Z-Cron.
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